Bachelor of Physical and Health Education (Dean's Scholar)

Overview

The Bachelor of Physical and Health Education (Dean's Scholar) degree provides an enriched educational experience for motivated, high achieving students who wish to pursue a career as a Physical and Health Education teacher. The purpose of the Dean’s Scholar program is to enhance students’ professional knowledge and engagement with the research culture of our Faculty, and build partnerships and contribute to the local community.

Students enrolled in the Dean's Scholar degrees will fulfil the requirements for their respective courses, but will be allocated an academic mentor and engage in enriched assessment tasks in specified subjects. For further information on the benefits of the Dean’s Scholar degree, please visit the Faculty website.

Professional Experience is a compulsory component of this course and usually occurs in the Illawarra, Shoalhaven, Southern Highlands and Southern Sydney schools. There are also opportunities for students to apply for ‘out-of-area’ (e.g. in rural NSW) Professional Experience and overseas teaching experiences in countries such as Thailand, Fiji, China and Malaysia.

Entry Requirements

Academic requirements, English requirements and credit transfer information are available from the Course Finder. 

Course Learning Outcomes

Students who graduate from the Bachelor of Physical and Health Education (Dean’s Scholar) will:

1. Demonstrate broad and coherent pedagogical and content knowledge for the teaching profession.
2. Demonstrate pedagogical & content knowledge required to integrate across curricula areas.
3. Have well-developed skills in student-focused pedagogy and practice to manipulate mandatory documents related to policy, student learning and integrate teaching across curricula areas.
4. Engage in mentored and self-regulated development activities both within and outside the university setting.
5. Demonstrate a high quality understanding of the connection between research and theory and the ability to use this knowledge to inform their practice as a teacher.
6. Display well-developed communication and evaluation skills as a reflective practitioner, articulating and analysing the complex and dynamic role of the teacher in the learning environment.
7. Apply pedagogical skills and content knowledge to solve educational problems, integrate technology in the classroom, plan for all learners, apply pedagogical strategies for differentiation and reflect on their practice.
8. Demonstrate higher order thinking skills associated with evolving educational climate.
9. Demonstrate the ability to autonomously apply educational ethics that value student differences, the importance of differentiation and social justice.

Course Structure

The Bachelor of Physical and Health Education (Dean’s Scholar) requires the following:

1. The successful completion of 192 credit points comprising:
   1. 27 core subjects (174cp);
   2. 3 elective subjects (18cp); and
   3. No more than 60 credit points will be at 100 level.
2. The successful completion of the Professional Experience components embedded in the course.
3. Students must maintain a minimum weighted average mark (WAM) of 80% in each year of enrolment, from and including Year 2, to remain enrolled in the Dean’s Scholar program.

Honours

Students who have achieved a high level of academic performance in the first two and a half years of the Bachelor of Physical and Health Education (Dean’s Scholar) may transfer to complete the Bachelor of Physical and Health Education at Honours level.

More information can be found here.

Credit Arrangements

Credit and articulation arrangements are available from the Course Finder. Refer to UOW's credit arrangements for information on how to apply for credit.

Professional Recognition/Accreditation

This degree is accredited with the Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards and is recognised as a professional teaching qualification in other jurisdictions nationally and internationally. Students seeking work outside NSW are advised to check with potential employers.

Graduates intending to seek employment in NSW Secondary schools must have achieved specific levels of study in English at NSW HSC level (or equivalent). Students who do not meet these requirements are able to undertake concurrent study to achieve the level required.

Other Information

Students currently enrolled in a degree at UOW may apply to transfer to the Dean's Scholar program provided they have completed 48 credit points of study at 100 level and have achieved a weighted average mark (WAM) of 80.

Further information is available at:
Faculty website
UOW Course Finder
Email: ssc@uow.edu.au